About the Bulls
Our Association is built around the core belief that grass roots sports play an incredibly important role in our community, and are fundamental in providing a range of opportunities for kids both on and off the court. We believe that active, social, fit kids, translate into healthy and happy kids, and that the sporting arena provides many great opportunities for kids to learn, build resilience, and create strong connections. We believe in creating a community that not only involves kids as players, but also strong adult role models in the areas of coaches, managers, parent supporters and administrators. Our organisation is diverse, inclusive and supportive, providing opportunities for participants on a social level through to an elite level, and values participation, competitiveness and the pursuit of excellence.
At the Bulls we value hard work, team spirit, sportsmanship, competitive and a “never say die” attitude. At the heart of everything we do at the Bulls are our players. We encourage passion, hard work and loyalty in our players, we encourage them to enjoy their basketball, make lifelong friends, make the most of every opportunity, and we encourage them to mentor those coming behind them. The Bulls are a family club. It might be the kids that are playing, but it’s the whole family that is involved! We have worked hard to build a community where everyone feels welcome, included and “part of the family”. We celebrate our victories and we work on our challenges. We love our families to coming together and it’s a great experience to be a part of!
We run one of the largest contingents of representative players of any Association in NSW, with 24 teams due to hit the courts in 2024. At the Bulls our pathways programs are incredibly important, so we run teams for both girls and boys, from under 12s to under 18s, and then into the senior programs with Youth League and NBL1 teams. We were excited to be announced as a Foundation Association in the inaugural NBL1 East competition in 2022, and we run the largest Youth League program in the state, with 3 mens teams and 1 women teams in the competition.
Our Coaches
We are incredibly lucky at the Bulls to have some of the best coaches in the country looking after our kids!! Our coaches have played for Australia, in the WNBL, at State level, coach basketball for a living . . . you can’t get better than our crew!!
And whilst they all know their x’s and o’s, they also understand that they have an incredibly important job in mentoring and guiding our kids both on and off the court. Each team is also manned by an assistant coach, and a manager. If you need anything at all, it is the manager that is your first point of contact. Our superstars could not be in better hands!
2024 Season Dates
Basketball is a team sport and it is crucial that you are available on all of these dates so as not to let your team mates down.
If you need to be excused from any date, you should speak to your coach ASAP.
Bulls Muster
Full day covering club/team meetings, athletic performance testing, injury assessment testing, skills testing and uniform fitting.
Sunday December 3
Bulls Jersey Presentation and Media Day
A fun day for the players, and the whole family, where the players are presented with their Jerseys for the 2023 season, and have their team and individual photographs taken.
Sunday, January 28
Coastal Classic Tournament
This two day tournament is held at various locations in the Central Coast against Sydney and Country Associations. Teams will normally organise to travel and stay together (Team Manager will advise).
Games start early Saturday morning, so plan to arrive night before, and can be played up until 3pm Sunday afternoon, so plan to leave after that.
JPL/Division 1 teams: Saturday February 17 and Sunday February 18
Division 2 and below teams: Saturday February 3 and Sunday February 4
Metropolitan Junior League Pre-Season
Playoffs to determine which division each team will compete in for the season.
Week 1: Saturday February 24 and Sunday February 25
Week 2: Saturday March 2 and Sunday March 3
Week 3: Saturday March 9 and Sunday March 10
Saturday games in generally take place in the afternoon and don’t infer with school sports
Metropolitan Junior League Rounds
The big dance!
Games generally played in the mornings, but can be up until 3.00pm Games played all over Sydney, depending on teams in your draw
Round 1: Sunday March 17
Round 2: Sunday March 24
Round 3: Sunday April 7
Round 4: Sunday April 14
Round 5: Sunday April 28
Round 6: Sunday May 5
Round 7: Sunday May 12
Round 8: Sunday May 19
Round 9: Sunday May 26
Round 10: Sunday June 2
Round 11: Sunday June 16
Round 12: Sunday June 23
Round 13: Sunday June 30
Round 14: Sunday July 7
Nunawading Spectres Kings Birthday Tournament
Two day tournament held at various locations in the South East Area of Melbourne against NSW, VIC and SA Associations. Teams will normally organise to travel and stay together (Team Manager will advise).
Games start early Saturday morning, so plan to arrive night before and can be played up until 3pm Monday afternoon, so plan to leave after that.
Saturday June 8 – Monday June 10
Metropolitan Junior League Finals
Semi Finals: Sunday July 21
Grand Finals: Sunday July 28
State Cup
Saturday August 17 and Sunday August 18
End of Season Presentation and Celebration
A fabulous night for the whole family where we celebrate the achievements of our players and teams in the 2024 season.
Saturday September 21
And lots Social events to be advised!!
We love a good party!!
Basketball is a team sport and it is crucial that you are available on all of these dates so as not to let your teammates down.
If you need to be excused from any date, you should speak to your coach ASAP.